Canadian Nursing Shortage

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This paper explains that the nursing shortage is a multiple problem, which has continued through out the history of Canada. The author points out that the usual approach to the problem is economic --- find more nurses and give more money. The paper relates that the most formidable barrier to solving the problem is the government's idea that nurses are expendable and that, since shortages are merely short-term problems, they can be addressed through these temporary solutions.

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"Although the current nursing shortage is unique in that it has attained crisis proportions, it is just one episode in a historical pattern. Furthermore, the nursing shortage is a complex issue involving multiple problems of numbers, working conditions, work satisfaction, as well as the socio-cultural position of nurses and their lack of a voice. Numerous barriers hinder the resolution of the nursing shortage and all of them are based in perspective. The most formidable barrier is the idea that nurses are expendable and that, since shortages are merely short-term problems, they can be addressed through temporary solutions."

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